Recipient Orientation PostGraduate Clinical Training Purpose To allow Health Professions scholarship recipients in identified health professions the opportunity to complete required or optional postgraduate clinical training programs to ID: 935245
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Post-Graduate Clinical Training
Recipient Orientation
Slide2Post-Graduate Clinical Training — Purpose
To allow Health Professions scholarship recipients in identified health professions the opportunity
to complete required or optional post-graduate clinical training programs to
fulfill the requirements for
board certification or licensure.
All training positions must begin
within 90 days of graduation.
Slide3Health Professions — Required Training
Post-graduate clinical training is
required in these health professions:
Medicine
Clinical Psychology
Social Work
Dietetics
Podiatry
Slide4Medicine — Eligible Residencies
Medical students in these specialties are eligible
for a
three-year
d
eferment
:Emergency Medicine
Family Practice
General Internal Medicine
General
Pediatrics
Slide5Medicine — Eligible Residencies (cont.)
Medical students in these specialties are eligible
for a
four-year
d
eferment
:Anesthesiology
Emergency Medicine
General Psychiatry
Internal Medicine/Family Practice
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Obstetrics/
Gynecology
Slide6Medicine — Eligible Residencies (cont.)
Medical students in these specialties are
eligible
for a
five-year
d
eferment
:
Family Practice/Psychiatry
General Surgery
Internal Medicine/
Psychiatry
Slide7Clinical Psychology
The
maximum deferment period is
three years.State
licensing boards require that graduate psychologists practice under the supervision of a licensed clinical psychologist for a specified number of hours (usually 2,000) before they are eligible to take the state exam.
You
must complete a PhD or
PsyD
program and become an independent, licensed clinical psychologist before any service will count toward your service commitment
.
Slide8Social Work
The maximum deferment period is three years.
State licensing boards require graduate social workers to practice under the supervision of a licensed clinical social worker for a specified number of hours (usually 2,000 – 3,000) before they are eligible to take the state exam.
You must complete a master’s degree program and become an independent, licensed clinical social worker before any service will count toward your service commitment.
Slide9Dietetics
The maximum deferment period is one year.
The Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics requires dietitians to complete a 1,200-hour ACEND-approved internship under the supervision of a registered dietician before they take the ACEND registration exam.
You must complete a bachelor’s degree program and
become a registered dietitian before any service will
count toward your service commitment.
Slide10Podiatry
The maximum deferment period is
three years.
The Council on Podiatric Medical Education (CPME
), designated
by the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA
), serves as the accrediting agency in podiatric
medicine.
The podiatric
medicine and surgery
residency must be a
resource-based, competency-driven, assessment-validated program that consists of
training
in inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical management.
You
must
complete the podiatric residency with certification from the American Board of Podiatric Medicine (ABPM)
and the American Board of Podiatric Surgery (ABPS).
Slide11Health Professions with Optional Training
Dentistry
Nursing
Optometry
Pharmacy
Slide12Dentistry
The
maximum deferment period is one year.
You must complete a one-year Advanced Education
Program
in General Dentistry (AEGD) or General Practice
Residency (GPR).
Only
programs that are fully operational with the
American
Dental Association (ADA) Commission
on
Dental
Accreditation
(
CODA) are
permitted
.
Slide13Nursing
The
maximum deferment period is one year.
The
training program must
emphasize
clinical outpatient
(
OPD), inpatient (IPD) and/or
emergency
(ERD) nursing
skills.
Slide14Optometry
The
maximum deferment period is one year.
You must enroll in Ocular Disease/Pathology and
Primary
Care Optometry residency programs only.
Consult the IHS Discipline Chief for Optometry
prior
to applying to a residency program
.
Slide15Pharmacy
The
maximum deferment
period for Pharmacy is one year.
Available options:
IHS Residency Program.
American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP)
Residency Program.
American
Pharmacists Association (
APhA
) accredited
Post-Graduate
Year One (PGY 1) Pharmacy Residency
Program
(Hospital, Community or Managed Care only
).
Slide16Breach of Contract — Policy
You
will be in breach of your
IHS
Scholarship Contract and placed in default if you pursue
an
unapproved post-graduate clinical training program.
Slide17Breach of Contract — Liability
Recipients
who complete their degree and pursue an unapproved post-graduate clinical training program or fail
to
serve in their funded health profession will be liable to:
Repay
three times the amount of scholarship funding
plus interest within
one year
of
the default date
.
Slide18Required Forms and Documentation — Graduation
Notice of Impending Graduation (IHS-856-13)
Send this form to your Program Analyst at the beginning
of your final academic term.
Other Documentation
S
ubmit the following documentation after graduation:
A copy of your diploma.
An official transcript documenting the degree awarded.
A copy of your license or board certification, if applicable.
Slide19Required
Forms and Documentation —
Training Program Notification
Request for Approval of Deferment (IHS-856-11)
Submit this form to
your Program Analyst
at the
beginning
of
your final year of academic training.
List
post-graduate clinical training program(s) to which
you will
be applying.
Receive
approval for the program(s) from your
IHS
Scholarship Program Analyst.
Slide20Required
Forms and Documentation —
Training Program Notification (cont.)
Notification of Deferment Program (IHS-856-14)
Submit this form by
the end of the last month of your final year of academic training.
Notify
your
Program Analyst
of the post-graduate clinical training program
to which
you have been accepted and intend to begin your training.
The clinical training program you choose must be one of those you listed on your Request
for Approval of Deferment form, submitted at the beginning of the academic
year.
Slide21Required Forms and Documentation — During Training
Annual Status Report (IHS-856-16)
Submit annually until the approved deferment period
is
complete.
Letter of Good Standing
Submit annually until the approved deferment period
is
complete.
Signed by the Program Director or Coordinator
.
Slide22Submit Forms
and
Documentation
Send all
forms and documentation
to the
program office
via email (
scholarship@ihs.gov
)
or to the following address
:
Indian Health Service
Scholarship Program
5600 Fishers Lane
Mail Stop: OHR (11E53A
)
Rockville
, MD
20857
Slide23Support Staff
IHS Scholarship Program Analyst
—
www.ihs.gov/scholarship/contact/programanalysts
Area Scholarship Coordinator
—
www.ihs.gov/scholarship/contact/areascholarshipcoordinators
IHS Discipline Chief
—
www.ihs.gov/scholarship/contact/disciplinechiefs
For additional information:
Visit
www.ihs.gov/scholarship
.
Consult your
Service Commitment Handbook
, which can be found on our website.
Visit us on Facebook at
Indian Health Service Scholarship Program
.